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"ALABAMA - WHEN TWO OR MORE PEOPLE ARE WALKING TOGETHER, IT'S BAD
LUCK TO SPLIT UP WHEN WALKING PAST A TREE. EVERYONE HAS TO WALK
ON THE SAME SIDE OF THE TREE."
Where learned: MICHIGAN ; MUSKEGON
| Subject headings: | BELIEF -- Bad luck Leaving Entering Returning home Travel |
Date learned: 09-19-1982
IF YOU ARE GOING SOMEWHERE AND YOU RETURN WHILE EN ROUTE, BE VERY
CAREFUL WHEN YOU LEAVE AGAIN TO THAT SAME PLACE NOT VERY LONG
AFTERWARD, YOU MIGHT HAVE BAD LUCK ON YOUR WAY.
Where learned: GUADELOUPE
| Subject headings: | BELIEF -- Street Trip Relations between relatives, friends, host and guest Social class Rank BELIEF -- Bad luck Leaving Entering Returning home Travel |
Date learned: 00-00-1970
MY NEIGHBOR, MRS. PAYNE, BELIEVES IN NOT LETTING A WOMAN
ENTER HER HOME BEFORE NOON ON ANY DAY; SHE DOESN'T EVEN
SPRINKLE SALT LIKE MY OTHER NEIGHBOR DID. SHE THINKS A
WOMAN WHO COMES INTO HER HOME BEFORE THAT TIME WILL BRING
HER BAD LUCK.
Submitter comment:
MY INFORMANT THINKS MRS. PAYNE IS FOOLISH.
MY INFORMANT THINKS ALL SUPERSTITIONS ARE FOOLISH.
Where learned: MICHIGAN ; DETROIT
James Callow Keyword(s): SEXISM
Date learned: 10-29-1984
LIFT YOUR FEET WHEN YOU DRIVE OVER TRAIN TRACKS OR
YOU WILL HAVE BAD LUCK.
Where learned: MICHIGAN
| Subject headings: | BELIEF -- Street Trip Relations between relatives, friends, host and guest Social class Rank BELIEF -- Bad luck Leaving Entering Returning home Travel |
Date learned: 00-00-1975
DO NOT TURN BACK WHEN YOU FIRST START OUT, OR YOU
WILL HAVE BAD LUCK.
Where learned: MICHIGAN ; BIRMINGHAM
| Subject headings: | BELIEF -- Street Trip Relations between relatives, friends, host and guest Social class Rank BELIEF -- Bad luck Leaving Entering Returning home Travel |
Date learned: 09-26-1965
WHENEVER MY NEIGHBOR LEAVES FOR A TRIP, HE REFUSES
TO COME BACK FOR A FORGOTTEN ITEM, AS IT WILL BE
BAD LUCK.
Where learned: MICHIGAN ; DETROIT
| Subject headings: | BELIEF -- Street Trip Relations between relatives, friends, host and guest Social class Rank BELIEF -- Bad luck Leaving Entering Returning home Travel |
Date learned: 00-00-1968
IF YOU ARE GOING SOMEWHERE AND HAVE FORGOTTEN
SOMETHING, DO NOT GO BACK TO GET IT. LEAVE IT
BEHIND, FOR IF YOU DO GO BACK TO GET IT, IT WILL
BRING BAD LUCK.
Submitter comment:
INFORMANT LEARNED THIS WHEN SHE WAS A CHILD.
SHE WAS BORN AND RAISED IN IRELAND.
Where learned: DETROIT ; RECTORY ; IRELAND ; MICHIGAN, ASSUMED ; HOLY NAME
| Subject headings: | BELIEF -- Street Trip Relations between relatives, friends, host and guest Social class Rank BELIEF -- Bad luck Leaving Entering Returning home Travel |
Date learned: 02-19-1967
IT IS BAD LUCK TO GO BACK AND UNLOCK A DOOR ONCE
YOU'VE LOCKED IT.
Where learned: MICHIGAN ; GRAND RAPIDS
| Subject headings: | BELIEF -- Street Trip Relations between relatives, friends, host and guest Social class Rank BELIEF -- Bad luck Leaving Entering Returning home Travel |
Date learned: 04-09-1971
IT IS BAD LUCK TO RETURN HOME AFTER YOU HAVE
STARTED ON A TRIP BECAUSE YOU FORGOT SOMETHING.
Where learned: MICHIGAN ; DETROIT
| Subject headings: | BELIEF -- Street Trip Relations between relatives, friends, host and guest Social class Rank BELIEF -- Bad luck Leaving Entering Returning home Travel |
Date learned: 02-15-1971
IF YOU RETURN TO THE HOUSE IMMEDIATELY AFTER
LEAVING IT, LIKE WHEN YOU REMEMBER THAT YOU FORGOT
SOMETHING, BAD LUCK WILL COME TO YOU.
Submitter comment:
INFORMANT'S MOTHER HAS PRACTICED THIS EVER
SINCE SHE CAN REMEMBER.
Where learned: MICHIGAN ; DETROIT
| Subject headings: | BELIEF -- Street Trip Relations between relatives, friends, host and guest Social class Rank BELIEF -- Bad luck Leaving Entering Returning home Travel |
Date learned: 03-13-1971
NEVER TURN BACK ONCE YOU HAVE STARTED ON A TRIP--
BAD LUCK WILL BEFALL YOU IF YOU DO.
Submitter comment: GERMAN SUPERSTITION
Where learned: MICHIGAN ; GARDEN CITY
| Subject headings: | BELIEF -- Street Trip Relations between relatives, friends, host and guest Social class Rank BELIEF -- Bad luck Leaving Entering Returning home Travel |
Date learned: 11-15-1971
IF YOU ARE COMING OUT OF THE HOUSE AND FORGET SOME-
THING, IT IS BAD LUCK TO TURN AROUND AND GO BACK,
UNLESS YOU SPIT ON THE GROUND AND MAKE AN X WITH
YOUR FOOT.
Submitter comment: INFORMANT SAW A FRIEND DO THAT.
Where learned: MICHIGAN ; DETROIT
Date learned: 03-06-1971
IN UKRAINE, IT IS BELIEVED THAT IF A PERSON FORGETS
SOMETHING AND THEN COMES BACK HOME TO GET IT, THE
PERSON WILL HAVE BAD LUCK.
Submitter comment:
INFORMANT RECEIVED THIS PASSED ON FROM GRANDPARENTS
IN UKRAINE.
Where learned: MICHIGAN ; DETROIT
| Subject headings: | BELIEF -- Bad luck Leaving Entering Returning home Travel |
Date learned: 10-01-1967
BAD LUCK IF YOU GO ON A TRIP AND RETURN HOME FOR
SOMETHING YOU HAVE FORGOTTEN; YOU WILL HAVE A
DISAPPOINTMENT.
Where learned: MICHIGAN ; BERKELEY
| Subject headings: | BELIEF -- Street Trip Relations between relatives, friends, host and guest Social class Rank BELIEF -- Bad luck Leaving Entering Returning home Travel |
Date learned: 03-24-1970
WHEN STARTING ON A JOURNEY, IT IS UNLUCKY TO MEET A
WOMAN OR A PRIEST.
Submitter comment:
THIS WOMAN'S GRANDFATHER SUPPOSEDLY STARTED FOR
TOWN AND MET BOTH A WOMAN AND A PRIEST ON THE WAY;
WHEN HE RETURNED HOME, HE DISCOVERED HIS BARN BURNT
DOWN WHILE HE WAS GONE.
Where learned: MICHIGAN ; RIVER ROUGE
| Subject headings: | BELIEF -- Street Trip Relations between relatives, friends, host and guest Social class Rank BELIEF -- Bad luck Leaving Entering Returning home Travel |
Date learned: 02-10-1968
TO LEAD WITH THE LEFT FOOT OUT OF A DOOR IS BAD LUCK.
Where learned: MICHIGAN ; UNIVERSITY OF DETROIT ; DETROIT
James Callow Keyword(s): POSITION DIRECTION
| Subject headings: | BELIEF -- Bad luck Leaving Entering Returning home Travel |
Date learned: 11-00-1971
YOU MUST ALWAYS LEAVE A PERSON'S HOME BY THE DOOR
YOU ENTER. IF YOU DO NOT, YOU WILL HAVE BAD LUCK.
Submitter comment:
INFORMANT SAID THIS CAME FROM THE "OLD COUNTRY"
(YOZGOT, TURKEY).
Where learned: MICHIGAN ; TURKEY ; LIVONIA ; YOZGAT
| Subject headings: | BELIEF -- Street Trip Relations between relatives, friends, host and guest Social class Rank BELIEF -- Bad luck Leaving Entering Returning home Travel |
Date learned: 03-11-1972
IT IS BAD LUCK TO LEAVE FROM A HOUSE IN A DIFFERENT
DOOR THAN YOU CAME IN.
Submitter comment:
INFORMANT'S BROTHER NEVER BROKE THIS BELIEF, ALWAYS
ENTERING AND EXITING FROM THE SAME DOOR.
Where learned: MICHIGAN ; OAK PARK
James Callow Keyword(s): POSITION DIRECTION
| Subject headings: | BELIEF -- Street Trip Relations between relatives, friends, host and guest Social class Rank BELIEF -- Bad luck Leaving Entering Returning home Travel |
Date learned: 01-24-1972
ALWAYS GO OUT THE SAME DOOR YOU CAME IN. IF YOU FAIL
TO DO SO, YOU WILL HAVE BAD LUCK.
Submitter comment:
INFORMANT FIRMLY BELIEVES THIS AND WILL NOT ALLOW
ANYONE TO EXIT A DOOR THEY DID NOT ENTER.
Where learned: MICHIGAN ; DETROIT
James Callow Keyword(s): POSITION DIRECTION
| Subject headings: | BELIEF -- Street Trip Relations between relatives, friends, host and guest Social class Rank BELIEF -- Bad luck Leaving Entering Returning home Travel |
Date learned: 11-07-1971
THE DOOR THAT YOU ENTER A PERSON'S HOME IS THE DOOR
YOU MUST LEAVE BY OR ELSE BAD LUCK WILL BEFALL YOU
THE REST OF THE DAY.
Where learned: MICHIGAN ; DETROIT
James Callow Keyword(s): POSITION DIRECTION
| Subject headings: | BELIEF -- Street Trip Relations between relatives, friends, host and guest Social class Rank BELIEF -- Bad luck Leaving Entering Returning home Travel |
Date learned: 10-25-1968